ICC ODI World Cup 2023: Australia’s Glenn Maxwell scored the fastest century in World Cup history. The 24th match of World Cup 2023 was played between Australia vs Netherlands (AUS vs NED).
Maxwell Scored The Fastest Century Of World Cup 2023:-
In this match, Australia’s star all-rounder Glenn Maxwell, who came to bat first after winning the toss, scored the fastest century of the World Cup 2023.
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During this, he scored this century with the help of 40 balls. Before Maxwell, Aiden Markram had scored a century in 49 balls.
Before Maxwell, in the World Cup 2023, South Africa’s star batsman Aiden Markram had scored a century in 49 balls in the match played against Sri Lanka in Delhi.
O’Brien Scored A Century in 50 Balls in The 2011 World Cup:-
Whereas before Markram, Kevin O’Brien had scored a century in the 2011 World Cup by batting continuously in 50 balls.
On the other hand, if we talk about the batsmen who scored the fastest century while facing the balls in an ODI, then it is AB de Villiers, who scored a century in just 31 balls while batting continuously against West Indies in the year 2015.
While the name of Corey Anderson is at second place in this list, he scored a century in 36 balls against West Indies in the year 2014.
Former Pakistan Star Shahid Afridi’s Name Recorded in This List
Former Pakistan star all-rounder Shahid Afridi’s name is recorded in this list at number three. Afridi scored a century in 37 balls in an ODI match against Sri Lanka in 1996.
At the same time, Glenn Maxwell has come to the fourth position in terms of scoring the fastest century in the ODI. Who batted brilliantly against the Netherlands in the ODI Cup 2023 and scored a century in 40 balls.
Maxwell said after his brilliant century – I was just trying to give myself a good platform. It felt good to finally get some momentum into the tournament.
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This is an awesome self-confidence booster. When you are not scoring runs consistently, some doubts creep in. Hopefully, I can move on from this.”
